Quadrant CineMaster Video Encoder Card
Hello, I've recently inherited a Quadrant CineMaster C 3.0 video encoder (decoder?) card. It has a Bt865 video encoder chip and a ZiVa PC (by C-Cube) chip. I've spend a couple of hours searching the net for a linux driver for this card and have been unsucessful in finding one, though I did see mention somewhere of a module called bt865.o which I have not been able to locate. Has anyone gotten this card to work on a debian system? Please respond to me directly. TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
apt-move update skipping .debs
Hello, I have recently set up a local mirror with apt-move and am using it to upgrade machines on the LAN. It seems to be working fine, except that when performing an apt-move update, a number of .debs are skipped, and not moved to the local mirror (/mirrors/debian). Other .debs, however, are moved to the local mirror properly. I've read the apt-move's manpage several times, yet cannot figure out what is causing these .debs to be skipped. According to apt-move's manpage, a file called /mirrors/debian/.exclude will cause files which match specified patterns to be skipped, but I have no such file in my /mirrors/debian directory. Additionally, apt-get -v exclude does not return any filenames of .debs to be excluded. As some of the skipped .debs are rather large ones, it is inconvenient that they are not moved into the local mirror (defeatng the point of having a local mirror in the first place). Am I missing an important step, or is there some reason that these .debs are not making it into the local mirror? TIA P.S. Please reply to me directly. Thanks. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
apt-move update skips .debs
Hello, I've recently set up a local mirror using apt-move to use in upgrading machines on the LAN. It seems to be working reasonably well, except that when performing an apt-move update a number of .debs are skipped, and not moved to the local mirror (/mirrors/debian). Other .debs, however, are moved to the local mirror properly. According to apt-move's manpage, a file called /mirrors/debian/.exclude will cause .debs matching specified patterns to be skipped, but I have no such file on my system. Additionally, apt-move -v exclude returns no filenames to be skipped. Since some of the skipped .debs are rather large in size, it is very inconvenient that they are not moved to the local mirror, defeating the point of having a local mirror in the first place. Am I missing an important step, or is there some other reason that some .debs are skipped, while others are moved into the local mirror? TIA P.S. Please reply to me directly. Thank you. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: using /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:54:09PM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote: w/o having to dselect or apt-get over and over, is there a way for the system, with one apt-get command, to get and install the *.deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives? dpkg has --get-selections and --set-selections options. There was a recent thread on this in debian-user. Check the archives or the manpage for more info. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: installation problems
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 08:24:01AM -0400, Anderson, James H [IT] wrote: I'm still working my way thru a first installation and am having a few problems. 1) Using apt-get I upgraded my _working_ pcmcia (LAN) stuff. I stupidly didn't bother configuring during the upgrade, thinking that my config file was already built, so there was no point. Of course the latest pcmcia stuff uses a different config method entirely--now I have no network :-(. How configure this latest version? There is a command option to dpkg which seems to be what you want: dpkg --configure package If that doesn't work, I suppose you could simply: apt-get --reinstall package 2) My /var file system is out of space, mostly filled up with apt stuff. I'd like to delete only those packages that have been successfully installed since there are a number of things I still want to install, e.g.., Enlightenment, etc. How??? apt-get clean will clean _all_ the .debs from /var/cache/apt/archives. If you only want to clean out the ones not yet installed, you may need some creative shell commands. The basic steps would be: a) Get a list of all installed packages (dpkg --get selectionssomefile) b) Get a list of all .debs residing in the archive (ls -l /var/cache/apt/archivessomeotherfile c) Somehow, compare the two lists, and delete files from the archive which appear in both lists. There are many ways to do this. (I'd use a perl script.) There _might_ be an easier way to do this. If so, I'd be interested to know about it. 3) How do I keep X from automatically coming up when I boot? I'd much prefer to bring it up as neded with 'startx'. man update-rc.d you'll need to do something like: update-rc.d -f xdm remove (or gdm or kdm, depending on which one is running.) This will leave xdm (or gdm, kdm...) on the system, but not start it up at boot time. Or, apt-get remove xdm (or gdm or kdm or whatever). (Probably easier) HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: installation problems
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 08:24:01AM -0400, Anderson, James H [IT] wrote: 2) My /var file system is out of space, mostly filled up with apt stuff. I'd like to delete only those packages that have been successfully installed since there are a number of things I still want to install, e.g.., Enlightenment, etc. How??? apt-get clean will clean _all_ the .debs from /var/cache/apt/archives. If you only want to clean out the ones not yet installed, you may need some creative shell commands. The basic steps would be: a) Get a list of all installed packages (dpkg --get selectionssomefile) b) Get a list of all .debs residing in the archive (ls -l /var/cache/apt/archivessomeotherfile c) Somehow, compare the two lists, and delete files from the archive which appear in both lists. There are many ways to do this. (I'd use a perl script.) Is it just a matter of removing them from the archives directory and nowhere else? If so, I'm pretty handy with perl so I ought to be able to whip something up pretty quickly. AFAIK, yes. In the past, I have simply rm'ed files from /var/cache/apt/archives with no, noticable, detrimental effects. Doing so via script should be about the same. Thanks very much for all your help. jim You're most welcome. P.S. It's good to keep conversations like this on the list so others can benefit from your questions. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Console based Word Processor
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:06:02PM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: If I could get WP5 for UNIX up on Linux I'd run for it! I did my share of editing in Wordperfect, too. I suppose you could try running the old DOS version in dosemu. (Don't know about licensing issues, though.) -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Dselect file list generation
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:16:52AM +0200, Douglas Eck wrote: Can I ask dselect (or dpkg) to generate a file list of required files and then use that file list to download the 70Mb at work, where we're on a fast connection? dpkg has options called get-selections and set-selections which sounds like what you are describing. man dselect for more info. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: filtering out ads
Hi, On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:33:21PM -0400, Owen G. Emry wrote: Interested in hearing different strategies for blocking ads. Presently I use a mixture of input-chain firewall rules and redirection in my /etc/hosts file. Since I'm running DNS for my LAN, is there a way to set it up to block ads? Also, there's one ad system I haven't figured out how to block: I've seen many ads that have URLs ads.admonitor.net but nslookup claims this is a nonexiststant host/network, so I can't add it to my firewalling rules. Any ideas? Check out junkbuster: Package: junkbuster Version: 2.0-7.1 Priority: optional Section: web Maintainer: Paul Haggart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depends: libc6 (= 2.1.2), dpkg (=1.4.1.17) Suggests: www-browser Architecture: i386 Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/web/junkbuster_2.0-7.1.deb Size: 86966 MD5sum: 32154c5802ede1ba033d6217c38f2a9d Description: The Internet Junkbuster! Junkbuster is an instrumentable proxy that filters the HTTP stream between web servers and browsers. It can prevent ads and other unwanted junk from appearing in your web browser. installed-size: 237 I've installed it, but not yet adjusted the configuration. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
SpeedStream 4060 DSL modem
Hello, I'm converting a win98 system into a potato masq-box for a small office. It is connected to the Internet via DSL with a SpeedStream 4060 DSL modem which connects to the host machine via USB. Is this supported by Debian? Has anyone [successfully] used the SpeedStream 4060 with Debian? Please reply to me directly. TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: plip installation (Host name lookup failure)
Hi, I re-ran the installation, and now things are working fine. After a 900% ram upgrade (4MB - 36) and a fresh potato installation, this old '486 laptop is running better than ever! Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 11:09:38PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: Hello, I'm doing an installation from the potato floppy boot disk set dated July 5, 2000. Kernel and modules are installed; plip is configured and I can ping hosts on the Internet by name from VC2. Over on VC1, the installation scripts are running, and I'm at the stage Install the Base System. I choose network and leave the download url and proxy settings at their defaults (http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current and proxy: none). When it tries to fetch the files, I get this message: nf_http_fetchfile :: http.us.debian.org couldn't be resolved, Host name lookup failure (h_errno=2). This seems strange, since that host responds to pings on VC2. Does this look familiar to anyone? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: some questions
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:28:52AM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: 1. When using a network adapter whose driver is compiled as a module - where does this module get loaded? I currently added a simple modprobe line to /etc/init.d/networking , but there has to be a better way. On RedHat loading this module is done by the ifup script. Edit /etc/modules to include the name of the modules, and options; i.e. parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 (make sure you add them in the order they should to be loaded). Then run update-modules and a new /etc/modules.conf will be created. 2. Queries about existing packages: rpm -q gives a very useful cmmand-line interface for the rpm system. Things like: rpm -qflc /usr/bin/foo #lists all config file of the package to which /usr/bin/foo belongs dpkg seems more limited here. Is there any simple way to achive similar goals with debian? Any way without too much shell witchcraft? Well, all debian packages put their config files in /etc. If you do dpkg --help, the command options are listed. One is: dpkg -L|--listfiles package-name ... list files `owned' by package(s) So if you wanted to only list the config files for, e.g. exim, you could do something like dpkg -L exim|grep /etc. apt-get is another, powerful, command-line package management tool. 3. Anything similar to status of init.d scripts? On RedHat running an init.d script with the parameter status gives a simple status of that service. On most cases it checks for a process with the PID listed in the /var/run file of the service, but in some cases (e.g. suid, IIRC) the script is a bit different, as that serivce has better ways to give status. Any debian equivalent? I don't know about this one. 4. manipulating rc?.d On RedHat there's a simple program called chkconfig for simple manipulations of the symlinks in the rc?.d directories. It gets its default values from some lines in the init.d scrip itself and has --add and --remove . The update-rc.d seems to be only useful for package installation and package removal. I can always change those symlinks manually, but this can be a bit erro-prone. What manipulations, exactly, are you trying to accomplish? I have successfully used update-rc.d to have xdm available on my system, but not have it run on boot (this way remote machines can get an xdm login screen, but the system defaults to a text-login). 5. Single-user mode loads a whole bunch of stuff that are not really needed. What is the recomended way to load failsafe defaults? Using a floppy? What is the stuff that you don't need? (I'm not an expert on this). HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Why not Standard, Pre-Release, and Development versions?
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 04:53:58PM +0200, Michalowski Thierry wrote: I think he simply suggest to call the distributions with less pejorative names. Many users are afraid of frozen or unstable or radioactive software, so they may just lay way back in the Debian versioning because they are afraid of the name, not because they _do_ want the bullet-proof stability of the stable Debian version. This would lead to these links: standard -- slink prerelease -- potato development -- woody exactly replacing these: stable -- slink frozen -- potato unstable -- woody My .02 EUR Thierry A rose (or potato) by any other name, smells just as sweet. If someone is scared by the name unstable or frozen, perhaps they *should* be running stable. My .02 (US) -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: can't remove directories
Hello,
On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 12:32:32PM +0200, Albrecht Frank wrote:
Pollywog wrote:
[...]
yet. How do I remove the remaining directory with the name ??\?( ?
[...]
--
Andrew
Try it with `find . -name ?\* -exec rm -rf {} \;`
But first of all, make copy of your home directory to /tmp and test it!
Greetings
Albrecht
I guess you could also remove these files with midnight commander
(apt-get install mc).
Hth.
--
David Karlin
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Re: Ethercard Plus Elite 16: (WD/8013EP)
Hello, On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 01:53:30PM +0300, virtanen wrote: On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 07:49:58PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've got an ethercard as shown on the subject line. Can't get it wortking. Please do a `modprobe wd' and tell us the output of that (if any) plus the relavent bits from dmesg. 1) modprobe doesn't give any output. 2) dmesg: wd.c. presently autoprobing (etc) eth0: WD80x3 at 0x200, 00 00 CO AO 6C 66 WD8013, IRQ7, Shared memory at 0xc800 0-0xcbfff (In my opinion) this means that the card is working anyway? Well, it is detected here, anyway. Once it is detected, it must also be configured with ifconfig, though your startup scripts may be doing this already. To check this, after boot, run ifconfig eth0. If it is already configured, great. If not, you can try to ifconfig it from the command line, and when you get the card working, you can put the settings in your startup script (/etc/init.d/network for slink, it changed in potato). I tried to install 'slink' by installing 'base' from a dos-partition and tried the rest by 'apt'. But when going to 'dselect' the box doesn't get any connection to anywhere. What type of Internet connection are you using? If you're using a dialup connection, you must first install and configure PPP. (apt-get install ppp pppconfig, then run pppconfig.) If you're using some other connection method (cable-modem, dsl, etc.) you will also need to install and configure support for it (and start the connection) before you can get online. Before apt (or deselect with the apt method) will work you will also need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list so apt will know where to look for package info. How could I probe that my IP address, netmask, gateway, etc are correct? I took all that info from a win partition. If the settings work with another OS, then they should be correct for linux. Would be advisable/possible to install some package, which could do automaticly all this job? I would recommend installing the packages ppp and pppconfig, then run pppconfig. It will prompt you for all the info it needs to configure PPP. Another option is the wvdial package, but I've had little success with it. -- David Karlin Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
unsubscribing from list [was: HHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!]
Hello Dennis, On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 08:40:33PM +0200, Dennis Heuer wrote: God damned I try to get out of this list since months, couldn't reach list master and wasn't found in the list-index to be deleted automatically. Then TWO TIMES since two weeks ago I got the reply that I was cleared out from this list but I AM STILL IN SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT HERE !!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe? For more info, go to www.debian.org and click the link Mailing List Subscription. Hth. -- David Karlin Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
dpkg --smallmem
Hello, Is there a way to get dpkg to use the 4MB ram optimization (invoked by the --smallmem command-line option) when using apt-get or the dselect/apt method? This is for a 4MB notebook (until I get a ram upgrade for it). TIA. P.S. Please CC: me directly; thank you. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: hide the commabd executed from ps,who
On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 10:25:19PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: Eric G Miller egm2@jps.net writes: EGM On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 12:57:18AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But for example,what if I want to write a shell script which will login to the remote server automatically?e.g..for some cgi...etc... snip None of the run a program which runs a program with the password as a command-line argument schemes will work, because the subprogram will have the password as a command-line argument. It's worth noting that the environment is similarly insecure, since (BSD) ps's e switch (not the SysV -e switch) will display programs' environments. Isn't this the purpose of ~/.netrc ? If what you're trying to do is be lazy and not give your password to the mail server when you're incing your POP mail, this is probably a Bad Idea (TM), and you probably really want to go ahead and type your password. (Though there are other issues with this, most notably those involving trust of the mail server and packet sniffers on the network.) Admittedly, using .netrc doesn't solve the problem of sending the password in clear-text to the POP server (neither does retyping it on the command-line) but at least it keeps the password from showing up on the output of a ps (at least on my slink system, YMMV). -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Email Q
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 08:14:51AM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: What mail program should I use to recieve mail from my pop3 server. Also fetchmail works great for this. (man fetchmail) what generates the quotes at the end of the emails??? most email clients will append the contents of the file ~/.signature to outgoing mail. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work
Hi Tom, On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 09:28:56PM -0500, Tom wrote: Hi, I have an IBM PS/2 Model 8535 386sx with 4 meg RAM and a 75meg IDE hard drive and a 1.44 meg floppy drive. I am trying to do a base Debian install but can not get past the second disk. I have tried 2.1 and 2.2 now with the exact same results and error message. I start with the compact rescue disk, the system comes toa a prompt boot: I press enter, the system continues and then asks for the root disk. I insert the floppy that I made with the compact root.bin file and press enter the system then responds with end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy) sector 0 VFS: can not open root device 02:00 This message is consistent and I have already tried remaking the floppies on other new floppy disks, I have tried boot params of root=/dev/fd0 or floppy0 and always I have the same error message. After two days of fighting with this I would appreciate any help Thanks Have you read the install docs (specifically section 5.7)?? It describes the process for installation on low memory systems. You need to boot from a lowmem.bin boot disk image. Detailed instructions at: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-low-mem-disk It works, but 4MB ram makes for an almost painfully slow system. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
modprobe failed: no /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0
Hello, I have installed potato on an old machine. I'm trying to reconfigure the modules so that the ethernet card will work. When I run depmod, I get the following message: depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep for writing So I do cd /lib/modules and ls and get: 2.2.15 unmame -a tells me that I'm running 2.2.14-5.0. I don't understand why I have /lib/modules/2.2.15, and not /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0, although it explains why when I do modprobe ne io=0x300 I get: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep (No such file or directory) I tried ln -s 2.2.15 2.2.14-5.0 and reran modprobe ne io=0x300 and get a bunch of unresolved symbol messages Anyone have a clue on this? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
depmod and /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0
Hello, I have installed potato on an old machine. I'm trying to reconfigure the modules so that the ethernet card will work. When I run depmod, I get the following message: depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep for writing So I do cd /lib/modules and ls and get: 2.2.15 unmame -a tells me that I'm running 2.2.14-5.0. I don't understand why I have /lib/modules/2.2.15, and not /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0, although it explains why when I do modprobe ne io=0x300 I get: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep (No such file or directory) I tried ln -s 2.2.15 2.2.14-5.0 and reran modprobe ne io=0x300 and get a bunch of unresolved symbol messages Anyone have a clue on this? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
unknown file appeared in home directory
Hello, I noticed a file named jzip39143D5C0850D1C in my home directory (slink system). It was created yesterday, but not by me. I tried view it with less and zless, but it is a jumble. Anyone know anything about this? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: unknown file appeared in home directory
On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 06:10:42PM +0200, Stephan Engelke wrote: HI David, David Karlin writes: I noticed a file named jzip39143D5C0850D1C in my home directory (slink system). It was created yesterday, but not by me. I tried view it with less and zless, but it is a jumble. what does file have to say about it? Otherwise, I have no idea what could have created this file. Could be a temporary file of some sort... Cheers -- Stephan $ file jzip39143D5C0850D1C jzip39143D5C0850D1C: Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract Okay, now I know what _type_ of file it is. What would have put this here? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: install problem; modules
Hi, On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 09:16:25AM -0400, David Wilson wrote: I am attempting to install potato and get the following error when setting up the modules to install in the kernel: modprobe: Can't open /target/etc/modules.conf snip I had the same problem a couple of days ago. On May 4, Santiago Vila Doncel [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded to me (on the list) and said: Just switch to the second virtual console and do: touch /target/etc/modules.conf This worked (for me). This seems to be a known bug which will be corrected in the next incarnation of the boot-floppies. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
potato intallation failed
Hello, I'm installing potato from floppies, and when I try to load the kernel modules, I get: modprobe: Can't open /target/etc/modules.conf and Installation failed. Anyone else had this happen? Tia. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
network oddity
Hello, I have a slink box which has been running great. It was up for over 45 days without a hitch. The box does ipmasq-ing (among other tasks) for my lan, but when it is booted, it won't respond to a ping, telnet, ftp, or http request until I make a network connection _from_ that box (eg. ping another box on the lan, or make a PPP connection to my ISP). Anyone else had this happen? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: network oddity
On Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 12:06:01AM +, Jim Breton wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 06:31:02PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: Hello, I have a slink box which has been running great. It was up for over 45 days without a hitch. The box does ipmasq-ing (among other tasks) for my lan, but when it is booted, it won't respond to a ping, telnet, ftp, or http request until I make a network connection _from_ that box (eg. ping another box on the lan, or make a PPP connection to my ISP). Anyone else had this happen? I've never had that happen... but I wonder if it might be a module that is being loaded on-demand by the box, in which case the box can't know that it's needed until one of the local processes needs that module. When you boot the machine, run lsmod and take a look at what modules are loaded before the networking starts to work. Then perform some network operations and run lsmod again. Are the lists different? I ran lsmod before and after. No change. :-/ -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
fetchmail/exim losing messages when downloading
Hello, Occasionally fetchmail/exim drops incoming mail being fetched from my pop3 box. This morning, fetchmail informed me that 32 messages were being down- loaded, but when I opened my mailbox with mutt, there were only ten new ones in there. Anyone else experienced this? Please CC me when responding. TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Is it possible for finger to not show .forward?
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 03:49:34PM -, Pollywog wrote: On 21-Mar-2000 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: Hello, I finally got around to trying out exim's built-in sorting, and it seems to be working great so far. [...] Is there a way to get finger to not show .forward? simply chmod 600 .forward - at least on solaris this works ... I don't think that works on Linux; it did not work for me, anyway. -- Andrew Tried it and it seems to work okay here. (slink) -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Is it possible for finger to not show .forward?
Hello, I finally got around to trying out exim's built-in sorting, and it seems to be working great so far. However, when I run finger against my username, it shows my .forward file: Mail forwarded to # Exim filter if $h_X-Mailing-List: contains ebian- then save $home/Mail/debian-user finish endif So far, I've only got the one rule, but as I add more of them, I'd prefer this information not be made public. Obviously, finger could be disabled, but I'd like to keep it running on the internal network. Is there a way to get finger to not show .forward? TIA -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
XDMCP broken after X upgrade
Hello, I updated X on my slink box from www.debian.org/~vincent and everything seems to have gone smoothly, but now when attempting an XDM login from another machine, I get the message: XDMCP: Manager unwilling. Host unwilling. I'm guessing that some new configuration file might have been inserted during the X upgrade. Am I on the right track? Has anyone experienced this, or know how to fix it? Thanks. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: XDMCP broken after X upgrade
Hi, On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 07:46:42PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: Edit things in /etc/X11/xdm - I think it was pretty obvois IIRC. Oddly, it was decided that xdm is some kind of security risk - I personally don't see why.. Jason The config file in question is /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. BTW, I only allow xdm logins from within my LAN, so I guess the security risk is minimal Thanks. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: can't display remote X jobs after potato
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 11:41:13AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure it's just yet another one line config change to get my box working the way it was before the upgrade, but this time I haven't been able to find it. Whether by passing xauthority, ssh, or plain old xhost +, I can't get anything from a remote machine to display. Jobs on this machine can display remotely. I've tried displaying on my own box with FreeBSD, and on a redhat box. I get the same errors with each: I had a similar problem after doing an `apt-get dist-upgrade', with /etc/apt/sources.list pointing to the X update for slink. It turns out that xdm was upgraded, and my old config files were somehow overwritten. The one in question was /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. It is well commented and you should be able to figure it out. If not, let me know. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
apt manpage missing
Hello, The manpage for apt seems to be missing, although the manpage for apt-get is present, on my (slink) system. I'd thought that a program's manpage is installed with the package itself, but it doesn't seem to have happened in this case. How can I get this manpage installed on my system? Do I need to reinstall apt? Thanks and happy new year. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
/etc/hosts.deny booby trap
Hello, The manpage of HOSTS_ACCESS has a section called BOOBY TRAPS which describes how to automatically to do a finger on a machine which is denied network via /etc/hosts.deny, and mail its output to root. I'm attmpting to set this up so that any telnet request from outside my lan is denied and the output of a finger on the offending machine is sent to me. Here are my access files: /etc/hosts.deny:i # next line is booby trap for denied telnet requests in.telnetd: ALL: (/usr/bin/finger -l @%h | /usr/bin/mail -s %d-%h root) ALL: PARANOID ALL: ALL /etc/hosts.allow: ALL: LOCAL, .my-net, 192.168.1. Access seems to be denied (and granted) as I'd like it to be, but the booby trap doesn't seem to work. I copied the example in the manpage for HOSTS_ACCESS, changing the things specific for my network, but it just doesn't seem to do the finger and mail the output. Has anyone gotten this to work? TIA. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
[off-topic] MS Outlook
I am not sure there is a way to configure it in Outlook98, which is the specific version I have. The RE: has always worked for me. I do know there were significant changes from Outlook97 to Outlook98. You suggestion may be one of them. paul There is an Outlook 2000 version. AFAIK, it is part of the office 2000 suite. Perhaps this one is more configurable. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: Why
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 10:47:26PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brigette: Before you give up, buy the Debian GNU/Linux Administrator's Guide, published by O'Reilly and Associates. I haven't read this book in particular, I found their Running Linux to be extremely helpful in getting me past the ultra-newbie stage. It might be a better first-read than the Admin's Guide. but the O'Reilly books are hands-down the most thorough, clearly written, and helpful books I have ever seen for Unix computing topics. And no, I am I second that sentiment. not affiliated in any way with O'Reilly and Associates ;). Sit down in the Me either. Hang in there, it's worth it. I second that one too. The thing with linux is that you have to be willing to read. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: pppconfig and multiple AT commands for modem initialization
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 07:09:01PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: I have in /etc/chatscript/provider abort stuff... ATZ OK ATLO OK ATDTxxx CONNECT \d\c Thanks, this is exactly what I need. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
pppconfig and multiple AT commands for modem initialization
Hello, I'm trying to get my modem to dial more quietly. I looked up the command and it seems like ATL0 is what I want. I've tried various combinations of ATZ and ATL0 like: ATZL0, ATZ,L0, ATZ\nATL0, ATZ\n\p\p\p\p\p\pATL0, and more, but none seems to work. The modem dials as loudly as ever. BTW, this is a Diamond Supra Express (internal) and seems to work fine in all other respects. What is the proper way to concatenate two AT commands into one initialization string? TIA. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: stopping x from starting automatically
Hello, On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 11:37:19PM +, John Stevenson wrote: I am not a developer or expert on policy, but as far as I know the intent of xdm is to start linux up X rather than on the terminal. Now as debians default init level is 2, it seems Actually, it starts up X *and* the virtual consoles (I think this is what you mean by terminal). natural to me to make the appropriate links for xdm in that init level (otherwise it would seem to the uninitiate that xdm was not working). IMHO, if you dont want X to start up on boot, then why do you want to install xdm?? If it So that you can get an xdm login screen on a remote machine. I have an X server running on a win95 machine and get an xdm login screen to my linux server. I don't need X running on my server unless I'm logged into it. In fact, it saves resources and lets the server run faster if X is not running is not installed, it doesnt make the links John. HTH, --David P.S. If you can limit your line length to about 70-75 it improves readability for many mail clients. (Thanks). -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
getting exim to clear queue immediatly (w/o exim -qf)
Hi, I've been reconfiguring my mail server (Exim/slink). Now, when I send email to the internet, it seems to sit in a queue. It is cleared out of the queue and delivered by exim -qf but it used to just go out right away, which was more convenient to me. I'm pretty sure that something got changed inadvertantly, but I can't figure out what it is. Can anyone tell me what I need to change so mail will clear out from the queue right away, instead of sitting there? Thank you. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: where are ftp error messages logged?
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 02:36:12PM -0500, Bill West wrote: On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 01:22:44PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: Hello, I've written a shell script that creates a file, then uploads it to my ISP's server via (command-line) ftp. After getting it to work from the (bash) command-line, I put it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, so it would update this file every time my ppp link goes up. When run automatically (for example I run pon), it manages to write the file on my (local) system, but the (scripted) ftp session fails, and the file is not uploaded. Here is a snippet of my script which contains the code for the ftp session: # setup networking defaults /bin/cp /home/someuser/somefile/ ~/.netrc # begin ftp session to upload file /usr/bin/ftp -v -i home.myisp.com EOI put /var/www/somefilehere www/somefilethere quit EOI Why would this work from the (bash) command line, but not from /etc/init.d/ip-up.d? BTW, I've tried with #!/bin/sh and #!/bin/bash. It could be that the script is trying to run before the link is all the way up and cannot make the connection. You could try throwing a sleep in there test this theory. Just guessing from some things along this line I was doing awhile back. Hi again, I tried adding a sleep 9 right before beginning the ftp session, but it didn't make any difference. Maybe it needs a longer amount of time? Since the file is written to my local machine with a link to the (correct) current, dynamic IP address, I can't imagine that the link is not up when that same file is uploaded to the server _later_ in the script. In fact, I added a line with mail -s script name myuserid /somefilehere right before, and right after, the ftp session part of the script. Both messages found their way to my inbox with the _correct_ dynamic IP address for ppp0. It seems that everything in the script runs properly except the scripted ftp session (which works fine from the command line). Which brings me back to my original question: Where are ftp error messages logged? Thanks for the interest. PS: Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d supposed to run only _after_ the ppp link is established? -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError
-Original Message- From: B. Szyszka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:21 PM To: Stephen R. Gore Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError Well buy something else isn't exactly a very good solution to a problem either. I cited two error messages and asked what they could be caused by. Do you want a list of every single piece of hardware on my computer? How about getting ahold of an old 486 (or 386) which can be gotten for free, and testing your drive on that machine? HTH, --D
where are ftp error messages logged?
Hello, I've written a shell script that creates a file, then uploads it to my ISP's server via (command-line) ftp. After getting it to work from the (bash) command-line, I put it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, so it would update this file every time my ppp link goes up. When run automatically (for example I run pon), it manages to write the file on my (local) system, but the (scripted) ftp session fails, and the file is not uploaded. Here is a snippet of my script which contains the code for the ftp session: # setup networking defaults /bin/cp /home/someuser/somefile/ ~/.netrc # begin ftp session to upload file /usr/bin/ftp -v -i home.myisp.com EOI put /var/www/somefilehere www/somefilethere quit EOI Why would this work from the (bash) command line, but not from /etc/init.d/ip-up.d? BTW, I've tried with #!/bin/sh and #!/bin/bash. Thanks. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
ppp broken, log says: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean
Hello, Upon returning home from a trip, my slink box is no longer able to connect to my ISP. Up until the time I left, it had been working fine. I was even able to telnet (ssh) into the system for the first few days I was away. Fortunately/unfortunately, my win95 system is able to connect as before, with no problem. Here is a snippet from /var/log/ppp.log: Sep 29 19:11:56 champagne chat[27653]: expect (CONNECT) Sep 29 19:11:56 champagne chat[27653]: ^M Sep 29 19:12:16 champagne chat[27653]: ATDT9494614^M^M Sep 29 19:12:16 champagne chat[27653]: CONNECT Sep 29 19:12:16 champagne chat[27653]: -- got it Sep 29 19:12:16 champagne chat[27653]: send (\d) Sep 29 19:12:17 champagne pppd[27652]: Serial connection established. Sep 29 19:12:18 champagne pppd[27652]: Using interface ppp0 Sep 29 19:12:18 champagne pppd[27652]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Sep 29 19:12:18 champagne pppd[27652]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xb74c60e2 pcomp accomp] Sep 29 19:12:45 champagne last message repeated 9 times Sep 29 19:12:48 champagne pppd[27652]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Sep 29 19:12:48 champagne pppd[27652]: Connection terminated. Sep 29 19:12:48 champagne pppd[27652]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: Sep 29 19:12:48 champagne pppd[27652]: Problem: all had even parity Sep 29 19:12:48 champagne pppd[27652]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Sep 29 19:12:48 champagne pppd[27652]: Exit. My ISP has me connect through a Compuserve access number because they have none of their own in my local calling area. I suspect that something has changed at the Compuserve end of the line while I was away, and that this thing is something that MS DUN can deal with automatically, but which must be configured manually in linux. I further suspect that some change was made in the parity setting, as indicated by /var/log/ppp.log. Which file must I edit in order to get ppp to work with even parity? Is this some thing that can be fixed by editing my modems initialization string, or must I edit some other configuration file? Please enlighten me. Thanks. P.S. Please cc: me as I'm a digest subscriber. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reduced to using Windows 95 :-(
Re: Installing deb packages on top of UNIX
There is now a Solaris utility called lxrun which allows linux binaries to run on Solaris. (I haven't tried it, though.) HTH, --David On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:42:20PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Jaime Silvela wrote: Hi, I've been using Debian 2.0 for over a year in my home PC and I think it's great. I like it so much that I would like to install it in the computer I use in college, which is a SPARC running Solaris, now that there is a SPARC Debian. However, they won't give me permission to do it, so I would like to at least install a few .deb packages (gtk+, the compilers...) on top of Solaris. Is that possible, or must I get the source code and compile? Has anybody tried this? You need to compile the packages from source. Linux and Solaris are entirely different operating systems. The SPARC Debian is still using the Linux kernel. Solaris uses the SunOS 5 kernel. Solaris wouldn't have a clue about what to do with Linux binaries. You should not have any trouble getting the packages to compile from source. However, it probably won't do you any good to build .deb files. You'll need to compile and install dpkg, and the admins there probably won't give you access to the preferred system directories, so you'll have to do some hacking to force dpkg to keep everything contained within directories that you've got access to. Even if you are able to get the necessary directory trees in place for package installation, the dependencies would really get in the way. For example, gcc depends on binutils, which depends on ldso. ldso is the runtime linker. It would really not be possible to install the Linux runtime linker on top of solaris, even if there was some kind of binary compatibility standard. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN+Zj8IdCcpBjGWoFAQGRwAP9FSvzLeMcj/L2PEVBRpR+3T7MzihZg8tO GOv2NWVnLPdSyrknMVqdoLzdefEcTTa9O4xzB8To/cREIxtLgm64fTv9XAQHFzd3 fNrCm2R83sb37r7Y+HHDWhDI+bYuGVGBBvrl9wAql8QagFq+kFvXyWj5I7abxt5m vHFLIACjORs= =o55s -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
netscape error (won't display images)
Hello, I just debianized a friend's old '486 (16MB ram) with a fresh slink installation. Everything seems to be running fine, except for netscape. I did 'apt-get install navigator-smotif-45', and navigator comes up fine, displays text, background colors, etc., but does not display images (they show up as a grey box). This is an old box; on-board VGA video. When I do 'navigator' from an xterm, error messages from navigator go to that xterm, and when I try to load an image, it shows a bunch of (repeated) error messages. Here is a snippet: navigator-smotif_real: X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 72 (X_PutImage) Serial number of failed request: 26570 Current serial number in output stream: 26584 Widget hierarchy of resource: unknown Can anyone help me to interpret this? Tia. --David -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Converting VMS mail.mai file to UNIX mailbox format
Hello, Just wondering if anyone knows how to convert a VMS mail.mai file to a UNIX mailbox file after FTPing it over to my Linux box. I know it would be easier to download it as POP3, but I'm using a friend's LAN and the mail will have to be FTP'd through a window's box, so POP3 would be tough without messing around with his winbox (i.e. installing software, etc.). Thanks. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: E-mail client for POP3?
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:38:18AM -0500, Kent West wrote: Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: Another thing you can do is share /var/spool/mail, so both boxes will share the mailboxes. Use NFS, for example. may have to go that route. Sharing /var/spool/mail still puts the mail on a box that isn't getting backed up, so I'm not real comfortable doing ^ that either. I can think of a solution to this part of the problem. Oh well, life is full of compromises (but why do I always have to be the one doing the compromising?) :-) Thanks anyway! Not backing up is a compromise in and of itself. I'm guilty too, but at this time, my data is not very important to me. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: error's when starting X
Hello, On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 11:12:03AM +0200, Steeve Lennmark wrote: Admitedly not 100% positive, but when I've had that error before, it means that I had the wrong X server.had to go and select another one from XF86Config I've tried running XF86Setup and it works just fine.. But i still gets the same error when trying to start X. // Jaster -- Debian GNU/Linux - The Choise Of A GNU-Generation. ___ ___ ___ ___ _ _ _ | \| __| _ )_ _| /_\ | \| | Steeve 'Jaster' Lennmark | |) | _|| _ \| | / _ \| .` | Team43 |___/|___|___/___/_/ \_\_|\_| mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had a similar situation: The xdm login screen came up, but when I put in my id/password, the red password incorrect message appeared. I've since fixed it on one box, and I think it was an issue of X not being configured on my system even though xdm was. I'd assumed that xdm depended on all the X stuff I'd need, but it doesn't (I now think) because you can have your X server running on another (networked) machine and still login to the debian box via xdm. If anyone out there can correct me or explain this better, please do so. In my case, running 'apt-get install xf86config' (not XF86Setup) caused apt to fetch and install everything I needed for X. After that I ran xf86setup, and everything was good on ctl-alt-f7. As always, YMMV. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: X Login Fails
Hi, On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 07:23:29AM -0700, j way wrote: I have installed X windows for the first time on slink. The X login prompt box appears, but after keying the password the system reports login incorrect. I'm locked out. Suggestions? (short of reloading linux the entire 7500 files.) Any backdoor boot options? J. Way Your almost there! I just fixed the same thing on this box: I'm not exactly sure what it was, but I deleted everything in the x11 section, including xdm. Then I did something like 'apt-get update; apt-get install xf86setup' and then 'apt-get install xdm'. After running xf86config, everything was good on alt-f7 (i.e. I could log in via xdm). Hth, ymmv. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
dselect using smbmounted archive
Hello, I've been trying to get dselect and/or apt to work with an official slink CD rom which is smbmounted to /mnt. Unfortunately, the symlinks on the CD rom are not followed by the windows server, so a straightforward copy of the distribution is not available (looks for ...dists/stable... which is actually a link to ...dists/slink...(?)) I've tried to use the access choice mounted with partial success; the package listing was updated with the following messages: Using '/mnt/dists/slink/main/binary-i386' as main binary dir Using '/mnt/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz' for main After selecting packages, I chose install which failed (too many errors). Here is one of the many (identical except for .deb name) error messages: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in version number in /mnt/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/admin/stow_1.3.2-11.deb dpkg: error processing /mnt/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/admin/stow_1.3.2-11.deb (--install): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Skipping deselected package sudo. Why is dselect able to find Packages.gz, but not the .debs? Is this some error inputting the archive location, or another problem? Is it possible to us a smbmounted CD rom in this way, or do I need to find another solution? Thanks. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
apt with smbmount
Hello, I'm installing slink on a friend's old '486, with a CD rom which is smbmounted from a drive on his win98 box. I can access the .deb files okay, and can do 'dpkg -i file.deb', but 'apt-get install package' is broken because the symlinks on the CD aren't followed. Is there any way to get apt-get to work on an smbmounted CD rom? I'm considering installing personal web server on the '98 box and serving up the CD as http or ftp if smbmount won't work. I'd like to avoid making any changes to the winbox because he uses it for work and I don't want to be responsible for fixing anything on it that might break. Any ideas? Tia, --David P.S. Please cc: me as I don't have access to my own box (and my list subscription) right now. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
Re: Debian 2.%$#@*!
Wait! Hold the phone. I tried entering nslookup ftp.uu.net and got an address, so I entered ftp ftp.uu.net and connected! ftp ftp.netscape.com also connects. Cripes. Something so simple! Entering ftp.netscape.com from the ftp prompt gets invalid command. You have to clear the prompt and type in the first ftp. from the ftp prompt you can also do open ftp.foo.com. from the ftp prompt you can also do help. from the $ prompt you can do man ftp. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: Flaming Debian Newbies
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:08:21PM +, Lee Elliott wrote:
a single line man('xzy') reply direct to the poster (not via the list)
will get the message across if you want to help - delete it if you
don't..
IMHO, it's okay to post a reply like that to the list as there could
be other people who are wondering where to find that particular info.
I've gotten some good tips that way.
--D
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newbie guidelines suggestion
Hello, Since there has been so much discussion about how to impart info to newbies, I thought I'd throw this idea out to the list How about a .signature line or the equivalent at the bottom of mail from the list which is a link to an FAQ or a page which contains guidelines for posting to the list, and/or suggestions on how to figure things out for yourself. This is would be somewhat akin to the Unsubscribe... line which appeared on mail from the list for some time. (Posting instructions on how to unsubscribe on such a page might decrease the number of unsubscribe msgs which appear on the list.) The sig could say something like Please read insert link before posting to this list --Thank you. --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: FW: bash scripting
I understand Michael's frustration at having to answer the same questions 500 times. Maybe a big bold link on the Debian home page that says Have a question? Look here first which takes the user directly to the search input box on the mail archive search engine? How about a .signature which points to a page which gives newbie info including; how to unsubscribe, guidelines/etiquette for posting, what to do before posting, answers to other questions people are tired of hearing, how to use the archives' search engine. This could be similar to the old mail -s unsubscribe... sig that used to appear at the bottom of mail from debian-user, but more intelligable to a newbie since mail -s unsubscribe... assumed knowledge of the command-line mail utility, and that the newbie was on a *nix system, whereas many newbies are still sending mail from their winbox or MAC while setting up their Debian systems. --D P.S. If Michael is frustrated in repeating his answers, he is certainly free to ignore any post (and, perhaps let someone else take a shot at it). This is better (IMO) than berating someone who is trying to learn something. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 11:47:14AM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: Heh..this has been brought up several times. The consensus was (IIRC), that the signatures for -user and -devel need to be switched, so debian-devel contains the newbie-unfriendly sig that we have right now, and debian-user gets the traditional mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] to unsubscribe. This is not at what I was suggesting. I was suggesting a link to the newbie information that people on this list were discussing last week. This could include, among many other topics, instructions to unsubscribe from debian-user. Maybe a big bold link on the Debian home page that says Have a question? Look here first which takes the user directly to the search input box on the mail archive search engine? I was suggesting a link like this as a sig for debian-user, but maybe leading to a web page with some introductory info _and_ the search engine. The mail -s... link was difficult for a newbie to follow anyhow, since it required familiarity with unix command- line mail utilities. Just MHO. --D P.S. What is the current sig for debian-user? (Doesn't show up in my mail.) -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:28:41PM -0500, Kent West wrote: David Karlin wrote: P.S. What is the current sig for debian-user? (Doesn't show up in my mail.) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null I like your idea. The current sig is ^^^ That looks familiar. Any idea why it doesn't show up in my mail anymore (I use mutt and Outlook 98)? Peoples' personal sigs seem to show up okay. Just curious... --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
RE: [Fwd: Lynx Problems]
You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding. A good PPP (or other network) connection is necessary for any browser to work. No browser can work independently of that, or debug your connection for you. So what's the knock on lynx if it didn't work when you didn't have the connection established? Lynx can also view local html pages (i.e. ones one your local system). To find out if it is a lynx problem or one with ppp, try to open a local page. --D
RE: SupraExpress Modem problems
To: Julian Gilbey Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: SupraExpress Modem problems Julian writes: - the /var/log/ppp.log file showed that the intial connection had been attempted, and that after precisely 45 seconds, an alarm happened and the connection attempt failed. Nothing happened between the expect OK and the alarm lines in the log. John writes: Sounds like the modem did not respond to the ATZ string which is the first thing chat sends. This could be because the modem is not on that port or because the modem is configured in an unusual way. Try connecting to the modem with minicom. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. Hi, As I said in an earlier post, I installed one of these modems in a slink box last evening. I think I remember a similar plog entry before I disabled the pnp and set the irq and com port with the jumpers. What seems to have been happening here was the software would send the initialization string (I did not change the default) but it never got the OK or whatever it was waiting for. Once the hardware and software were configured properly, there was no problem at all. My modem is a Diamond Supra Express 56K V.90 (ISA), and I think it is the same as the original poster's. --David
Re: SupraExpress Modem problems
I disabled the pnp and set the irq and com port with the jumpers. Out of curiousity, did you properly set up the modem with isapnptools, and then use setserial to set the irq, port, and everything? Nope. I disabled PNP and set everything with the jumpers as described in appendix A of the manual. This seems to have worked fine. Is there an advantange to using isapnptools over disabling PNP? -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: SupraExpress Modem problems
Out of curiousity, did you properly set up the modem with isapnptools, and then use setserial to set the irq, port, and everything? Nope. I disabled PNP and set everything with the jumpers as described in appendix A of the manual. This seems to have worked fine. Is there an advantange to using isapnptools over disabling PNP? Probably not. i was just curious, since in part of your previous post (that you cut) you had indicated that it didn't work until you disabled PnP. i was wondering if you had set things up correctly and it _still_ didn't work, or if you just took the easy way like i did ;) I'm not sure that isapnptools is a more proper way of setting up a PNP card than disabling PNP and setting options with jumpers. According to another poster, disabling PNP is preferred. --D P.S. I assume the original poster has solved his modem problem as we haven't heard back from him. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: SupraExpress Modem problems
Julian, I just installed a Diamond Supra Express in a slink box this evening. The first thing I did was disable PNP and set the com port and irq via the jumpers (see Appendix A of the Supra Express Getting Started Manual). I was lucky that I knew the com port and irq settings of the old modem; com2 (/dev/ttyS1) and irq3. Then it was out with the old and in with the new. Pon worked the same as ever. HTH, --David On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 02:03:51AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: [Please Cc: me in replies.] I have just tried setting up a Debian system for someone, and have been unable to get his modem to work. The details are: - fresh slink (Debian 2.1) installation from the official CDs on a Pentium. - Windows reports the modem to be a SupraExpress 56i Sp Intl - I configured the PPP details using pppconfig with no special options or anything similar - the /var/log/ppp.log file showed that the intial connection had been attempted, and that after precisely 45 seconds, an alarm happened and the connection attempt failed. Nothing happened between the expect OK and the alarm lines in the log. Does anyone have any idea what to do or how to go about fixing this problem? Thanks in advance, Julian -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
poff quesition.....
Hello, I've got a script which is meant to be run just before closing my ppp connection. I'd thought of putting it in /etc/ppp/ip-down.d, but those scripts seem to be run *after* the ppp link goes down. Instead, it seems that my script should be incorporated into (or called by) poff. Should I put my command(s) at the very to of /usr/bin/poff, or is there a more appropriate location? Thanks, --David -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: poff quesition.....
Better write your own poff version, which does the stuff you want and then calls poff and place it into /usr/local/bin. If you change poff directly, the changes will be gone with the next upgrade of ppp. Ciao, Martin If my path (root) is: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/loca/bin and my path (user) is: /sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin, wouldn't the original, /usr/bin/poff, be called instead of my new version, /usr/local/bin/poff? --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
plog and wvdial output
Hello, My ppp connection quit working this afternoon, and before finding out that there was a problem on my ISP's end, I reran pppconfig, and edited a config file or two, but I can't remember exaxtly what I did. Well now my ISP is back up again, but my PPP connection is broken. Here's the plog output. It loops infinitely spewing lines like these, differing only by the timestamp: Jul 16 00:13:00 champagne pppd[427]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd2 addr 206.175.227.6] Jul 16 00:13:00 champagne pppd[427]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd3 addr 192.168.1.10 compress VJ 0f 01] Jul 16 00:13:00 champagne pppd[427]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd3 addr 206.175.227.6] Jul 16 00:13:00 champagne pppd[427]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd4 addr 192.168.1.10 compress VJ 0f 01] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd4 addr 206.175.227.6] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd5 addr 192.168.1.10 compress VJ 0f 01] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd5 addr 206.175.227.6] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd6 addr 192.168.1.10 compress VJ 0f 01] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd6 addr 206.175.227.6] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd7 addr 192.168.1.10 compress VJ 0f 01] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd7 addr 206.175.227.6] Jul 16 00:13:01 champagne pppd[427]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd8 addr 192.168.1.10 compress VJ 0f 01] When I run wvdial, it also loops, trying (unsuccessfully) to make a connection. Here is the output from wvdial: ATDT 9494614 CONNECT 14400/ARQ -- Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. 0025VLE Host Name: -- Looks like a login prompt. -- Sending: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Syntax error after host name Host Name: -- Looks like a login prompt. -- Sending: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Syntax error after host name Host Name: -- Looks like a login prompt. -- Sending: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Syntax error after host name Disconnected [03][03][03][03][04] -- Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. -- Starting pppd at Fri Jul 16 00:19:04 1999 -- PPP daemon has died! (exit code = 1) -- Disconnecting at Fri Jul 16 00:19:06 1999 -- Auto Reconnect will be attempted in 5 seconds -- Initializing modem. -- Sending: ATZ ATZ -- Bad init string. -- Initializing modem. -- Sending: ATZ ATZ OK -- Sending: ATZ ATZ OK -- Modem initialized. -- Sending: ATDT 9494614 -- Waiting for carrier. ATDT 9494614 If anyone can make sense of this, it would sure be appreciated. If you need any other info, please let me know. Thanks, --David
Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN
Hamish, Thanks for your response. As another user suggested, I set UseCanonicalName no and that fixed it (as far as I can tell). I'm guessing though, that not setting a ServerName would probably work too. Seems logical. Thanks again, --David On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 09:31:28AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 08:54:45PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: The real question is: What is causing the dotted-quad to turn into a hostname? I suspect I think this is because you have specified a ServerName in your Apache configuration. If you remove (comment-out) that entry, it shouldn't do it. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
RE: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux join forces?
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Keith G. Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: snip for a new kernel. The will take the Linux kernel, cause there are much device drivers, so they are only interested in hardware support. Around this kernel they will make an AmigaOS. So nothing will look like a Linux, not the command line, not the GUI and there is a good chance even the API will not look like the Linux API. It will be the innermost section of the OS which is based on Linux. As i understand the text, you can say, Linux is something like the Hardware Abstraction Layer of NT for the new AmigaOS. And on this Linux, which is there to support more hardware, a complete AmigaOS is set on top. And with this AmigaOS the user and even the programmer has to deal, so neither of them will see anything of Linux. And from this point of view, the hole thing has nothing to do with any Linux-Distribution. Well, they are distributing an OS with the Linux kernel. IMO, that makes it a Linux distribution. If they don't use GNU tools, then it's not a GNU distribution of Linux, though. It still won't have a look familiar to GNU/Linux users, or freeBSD users, or any other *nix user, so it's a safe bet that they won't be stealing from the GNU/Linux userbase. Just my $.02. --David -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
fetchmail -k acting funny w/pop3 mailbox on VMS
Hello, I'm running exim/fetchmail on a slink box. I have a shell account on a VMS machine which also holds my POP3 mailbox. When I do fetchmail -k on my other POP3 box, any msgs on the spool which I've already seen are not downloaded, only the new ones which I've not yet read. None of the messages are flushed. This the way that I thought the -k switch is supposed to work. When I do fetchmail -k for the POP3 box on the VMS machine, all msgs in the spool are downloaded, whether or not I've already seen them, but they aren't flushed. So, fetchmail -k works differently on the two POP3 servers. Has anyone else noticed this type of behavior? Thanks, --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN
Hello, Thanks to some help from people on this list, I now have a script which posts my dynamic IP address to a web page. Works great; my cousin logged into my machine from her IRIX machine at the University When accessing my web server from the Internet, friends enter the dotted-quad address in the browsers address bar and are able to browse my wwwroot. Works great. If .../~username is put in the address bar (replacing x's with dotted-quad address), the .../~username gets turned into hostname/~username and the browser tries to add .com or .edu or .net or whatever it thinks will work. My hostname is not registerd, so of course this doesn't work for internet users, although users on the LAN have no problem, because that hostname is recognized on the LAN and the domain completion is not done. The real question is: What is causing the dotted-quad to turn into a hostname? I suspect either something in my nameserver config, or something in the Apache config, but I'm not to sure where to start looking. Anyone out there have any clues? Thanks, --David -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN
On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 03:59:46AM +, Dan wrote: host. This is in the httpd.conf file and looks like: ServerName your.server.here.net You *might* be able to replace the server name with *.*.*.* IP address, but I'm not sure if that will be accepted. This is a pretty shallow way anyway, but you can try if all else fails. Even if that did work, I'd have to update httpd.conf every time my PPP link came up because the IP address is dynamically assigned. Possible, but I would imagine there must be a more elegant solution. Perhaps the dydns.org is the solution. --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN
Perhaps the dydns.org is the solution. That would work. dyndns.com (fee-based) or dhs.org (free). There are numerous such services. I don't know of a better way to do it, other than asking your ISP for a static IP. If it is a small ISP, they might do it for a few more dollars each month. If it is a large ISP, they probably won't do it. Actually, it looks like I'd have to get a business account, which costs about $100/month + ~$24 for my phone line. If I could figure out where the address is getting re-written (has to be either something in Apache's config or something funky with my bind. (I'm no bind expert, though.)) then this thing might work. I was doing some testing and dialed in from another computer and different ISP and tried to access http://xx.xx.xx.xx and it didn't get re-written. When I added /~dbk, it did get rewritten as mylocalhostname.com/~dbk. Then I noticed that the same thing was happening with netscape on the box running the Apache server in question, and with lynx, too. Well, thanks again for your interest and effort. --David -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
RE: automagic ftp sessions?
Hi Kevin, You're 100% correct. I just checked from my room-mates computer which dials up into a different ISP, and found that the page was not updated by ip-down.d. I suppose I'll do the same thing you did and write a new poff script. Thanks for pointing that out. --D -Original Message- From: Kevin A. Foss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 3:30 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: automagic ftp sessions? On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 11:34:13AM -0600, David Karlin wrote: Thanks for the script. I modified it slightly and now it posts my dynamic ip address where friends can look it up. It runs in ip-up.d. Then, ip-down.d puts i'm offline in the same file. Does this work -- the last part I mean? I always thought the scripts in ip-down.d were run after the connection was brought down, which makes it difficult to upload anything. Or has the behavior of pppd changed recently? I wanted to do the same thing and ended up writing a script that I run in lieu of poff which makes the I'm offline upload and then runs poff. -Kevin -- Kevin A. Foss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [dkarlin@coloradomtn.edu: Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN]
Hi Jeff, First, thanks for the speedy response (4 minutes). Second, I tried your suggestion and set UseCanonicalName no, but after I restarted Apache, it refused all connections, even from the LAN. You need to set UseCanonicalName off, not UseCanonicalName no, or Apache will barf. Rene, Acutally, that is what I had put in there. I was typing the email from memory, which turned out to be faulty. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your response. --David
Re: automagic ftp sessions?
Michael, Thanks for the script. I modified it slightly and now it posts my dynamic ip address where friends can look it up. It runs in ip-up.d. Then, ip-down.d puts i'm offline in the same file. Works like a charm...yesterday a friend in NY was browsing my web server! I just setup a shell account and told him to try telnet next time. Bye the way, this friend is a MAC user, but is the first person to tell me about linux (about 1 1/2 years ago). Now I'm trying to convert _him_. Thanks again, --David On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 08:38:35AM -0400, Michael E. Touloumtzis wrote: On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 11:34:45PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: I'm running slink and would like to automate an ftp session to upload a file to a remote server. I've been reading a Unix book which says that the redirector is usful for this, but no details or example are given. Something like this? #!/bin/sh ftp -i -n hostname EOI user myid mypasswd bi put /tmp/myfile.tgz myfile.tgz chmod 600 myfile.tgz quit EOI -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
automagic ftp sessions?
Hello, I'm running slink and would like to automate an ftp session to upload a file to a remote server. I've been reading a Unix book which says that the redirector is usful for this, but no details or example are given. I've also experimented with the macro function within ftp, but have been unable to set up macros which are available the next time I run ftp. Seems they last only for one session. Anyone care to shed some light? TIA, --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===
RE: Hmmmm .deb files??
Hi, dpkg -i filename.deb will install the .debs on to your system. Make sure you are in the correct directory first, or specify its path. As an alternative, try: apt-get update;apt-get install package name (package name is foo, not foo.deb); apt-get will take care of dependencies. Try man dpkg and man apt-get for more info. hth, --David -Original Message- From: David Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 3:27 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: H .deb files?? Hello, I've tried the install and upgrade program. Whilst I chose the ones I need now. Since installing base system. I need a mail program and irc. The program complains that they are broken programs? It then refuses to install any!! I have added all the libs and other things that a program needs. But, it still refuses to install them. So I have tried to download the files from ftp. But, I have now these files with the *.deb on the end. Er what do I do with these :( Dave
RE: Ethernet card problems
Hi, I get a similar message when I boot the system with no ethernet cable connected to the ethercard, no matter which card. BTW, I have the same card running in a '386 slink box. No problems. Feel free to contact me if you have further problems. HTH, --David -Original Message- From: Manuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 6:33 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Ethernet card problems Hi there, I have an Intel Ether Express 16 ISA card and I'm trying to get it to work with linux. Linux seems to detect the card ok, but after detection on boot up I get the message: eth0: TDR reports transceiver problem The dos diagnostics program for the card indicates that everything is OK, and it seems to work fine with Windows 98I have included my boot message,...followed by the result of ifconfig... Any help is appreciated, Thanx, Manuel -- Memory: sized by int13 088h Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fad40 pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfb1c0 pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb1f0 Probing PCI hardware. Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 53.25 BogoMIPS Memory: 30216k/32768k available (1136k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1032k data) Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035. Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034 IP Protocols: IGMP, ICMP, UDP, TCP VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_5.6.0 initialized Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok. Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled. alias mapping IDT readonly ... ... done Linux version 2.0.36 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 Starting kswapd v 1.4.2.2 Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 tpqic02: Runtime config, $Revision: 0.4.1.5 $, $Date: 1994/10/29 02:46:13 $ tpqic02: DMA buffers: 20 blocks, at address 0x282600 (0x28254c) Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007 ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f hdc: IBM-DAQA-32160, 2067MB w/96kB Cache, CHS=4200/16/63, DMA hdd: TATUNG CD-652E, ATAPI CDROM drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hdc: [PTBL] [525/128/63] hdc1 hdc2 hdc3 hdc4 hdc5 hdc6 hdc7 hdc8 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Adding Swap: 12060k swap-space (priority -1) Adding Swap: 16092k swap-space (priority -2) Module inserted $Id: cdrom.c,v 0.8 1996/08/10 10:52:11 david Exp $ eth0: EtherExpress 16 at 0x300 (IRQ 5, RJ45 connector, 16-bit bus, 32k RAM) eth0: TDR reports transceiver problem Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A -- loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:AA:00:3C:20:89 inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:6 Collisions:0 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300
RE: ftp/telnet fails since upgrade
Hello, I've recently upgraded, and remembered reading that some of the networking packages were split up. I opened the packages.gz file (in dists/stable/main/binary-i386) and searched for telnetd. I found that telnetd is now its own package. I'm about to apt-get it. You probably need to do the same. Good luck, --David -Original Message- From: Hugo van der Merwe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 12:41 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: ftp/telnet fails since upgrade Hello! I have been using Debian for a while now (before that I used RH5.1). I really prefer Debian, its packaging system, and the fact that it works so nicely from a shell. (You don't need to load X before configuring stuff.) IPMasquerading and the like was a lot easier to set up. I have, however, recently run into a problem. Since I upgraded, I can no longer ftp or telnet to my machine. (421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection, and Connection closed by foreign host). I'm not sure if this started happening when I installed potato, or when I installed kernel 2.2.7. I think it was the latter though. My hosts.allow and .deny files stayed the same, and I can still telnet from this machine to others. (Not to itself.) Any ideas? TIA, Hugo van der Merwe
RE: exim receives mail, but won't send it to smarthost
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George Bonser Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 12:13 PM To: David Karlin Cc: Debian User Subject: Re: exim receives mail, but won't send it to smarthost You are going to have to provide the reason the main is not delivered that is either reported in /var/log/exim/mainlog or /var/log/exim/paniclog. snippet from /var/log/exim.paniclog: 1999-06-06 22:00:35 10qn7Y-2f-00 SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FR OM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=1735: host travelin.com [207.69.200.62]: 450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mpagne... Sender domain not compliant with RFC 822, section 6.2.7 1999-06-06 22:00:37 10qn7Y-2f-00 SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FR OM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=1735: host travelin.com [207.69.200.60]: 450 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mpagne... Sender domain not compliant with RFC 822, section 6.2.7 1999-06-06 22:00:39 10qn7Y-2f-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=1735: host travelin.com [207.69.200.61]: 450 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Sender domain not complian t with RFC 822, section 6.2.7 Most likely this is a result of people with dynamic dialup IP addresses attempting to directly deliver their mail. Remote host notices that reverse IP lookup and claimed hostname in HELO do not match so it rejects your mail. If you are using an ISP and have a dynamic IP dialup account, you should be using your ISP's mailhost for outbound mail. I'd already chosen the smarthost option (#2) in the eximconfig utility. Try running eximconfig again and add localhost to your list of other domains for which your host recieves mail for. I'd already specified this in /etc/exim.conf, but I ran eximconfig again with similar results. Where do I edit my Sender domain? Is it in /etc/exim.conf? If so, is qualify_domain the appropriate token? Thanks, --David
RE: Laplink and DOS?
Hello, I recall reading something in the plip mini-howto about a dos-linux plip connection using a Crynwr driver called plip.exe on the dos machine. HTH, --David -Original Message- From: John Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:30 PM To: virtanen; debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: recipient list not shown: ; Subject: Re: Laplink and DOS? On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 09:45:49PM +0300, virtanen wrote I've got a Debian-box, a small laptop with DOS, and a Laplink cable. What is an easy method to connet the Debian-box and DOS-box with the Laplink-cable so that I could easily at least copy files from the othe machine to the other? (The Debian box hasn't got any DOS-partition, so that I need some kind of Debian program there, but which kind of program?) Running Laplink on your Debian box under dosemu is the most obvious way to go (although, I haven't tried it); you may also be able to create a PPP or SL/IP link using a null modem cable, although you would have to find a DOS ppp or SL/IP program (there may be something suitable amongst the Crynwyr (?sp) packet drivers). I'm not sure if the LapLink cable is a 'proper' null modem cable, but it may be... John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything. - Bill Gates in Denmark
RE: .fetchmailrc (or: 'rtwfm')
Hi, Thanks for your speedy responses, pointers to the proper section of the manpage, and sample .fetchmailrc files. After going back and reading the _whole_ f***ing manual, (okay, I admit that I skimmed some of it) I edited my file, and am now downloading mail without the bother of entering my mail password each time. I understand that it's somewhat risky to have your password in a file, but if you set permissions u=rw,g=,o= would the file be relatively secure? What other security concerns (besides file permissions) are involved in having your password in .fetchmailrc? Thanks again for the near lightning-speed responses. --David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 9:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: .fetchmailrc Here's what my .fetchmailrc looks like: snip/snip This works very well, but you can see why there's a certain risk involved ... Jim
RE: .fetchmailrc (or: 'rtwfm')
-Original Message- From: Pollywog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 11:31 PM To: David Karlin Cc: Debian User; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: .fetchmailrc (or: 'rtwfm') On 30-May-99 David Karlin wrote: Hi, Thanks for your speedy responses, pointers to the proper section of the manpage, and sample .fetchmailrc files. After going back and reading the _whole_ f***ing manual, (okay, I admit that I skimmed some of it) I edited my file, and am now downloading mail without the bother of entering my mail password each time. I understand that it's somewhat risky to have your password in a file, but if you set permissions u=rw,g=,o= would the file be relatively secure? What other security concerns (besides file permissions) are involved in having your password in .fetchmailrc? Thanks again for the near lightning-speed responses. --David Just chmod 600 the .fetchmailrc. I don't believe it will work if you don't chmod 600 the file. -- Andrew Hi Andrew, AFAIK 'chmod 600 filename' and 'chmod u=rw,g=,o= filename' do exactly the same thing. The letters are more intuitive for me, even if a bit more typing. --David
exim receives mail, but won't send it to smarthost
Hello again, Running exim on slink, and now that I've gotten exim to deliver local mail and fetchmail to download mail from my smarthost, outgoing mail is broken. The system is _trying_ to deliver mail, but it never makes it out of the queue. Two messages have been sitting in the queue for more that 56 hours. I'm getting the notices about the mail retries in my mailbox, but, unfortunately, I've deleted all of them. I've been through the manpages for exim and fetchmail, and my eyes are blurry. I'm pretty sure this happened as a result of editing /etc/exim.conf (before I edited it, I was able to send mail but not receive; now I can receive, but not send). Since 'tis better to send than to receive' (paraphrase), I'd like to get this figured out as soon as possible. Anyone have any clues? Thanks in advance --David
specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line.
Hello, I'm using the following fetchmail command to download my mail from my smarthost: /usr/bin/fetchmail -u funk48 travelin.com This command causes me to be prompted for my mail password, but I'd like to be able to run this as a script in a cron job, i.e. to to have this script run w/o user input. I've read the manpage for fetchmail and it says: The default behavior of fetchmail is to prompt you for your mailserver password before the connection is established. This is the safest way to use fetchmail and ensures that your password will not be compromised. You may also specify your password in your ~/.fetchmailrc file. This is convenient when using fetchmail in daemon mode or with scripts. There is, however, no mention of the syntax for .fetchmailrc. Q1) Is there a way to simply add the password to the command line? Q2) If not, then where can I find the proper syntax for .fetchmailrc? Thanks, -David
RE: Replacement for Netscape
Netscape *is* a memory hog, especially if it's statically linked against Motif, but as someone else already pointed out, once it's loaded it runs fine. You can't expect to run Linux, X, and Netscape in 32 megs, however. I'm running Slink with X and Netscape on a P90 w/24mb. It's a bit slow, but not too bad. (Esp. considering the price.) --David
RE: Just installed Exim - how to I get local/system mail?
Hi Phillip, I recently installed Exim as well. My /etc/exim.conf includes: local_domains = mybox.mylocalnet:localhost (replace mybox.mylocalnet with yourbox.yourlocalnet) Hope that was of some help, --David -Original Message- From: Phillip Deackes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 1:17 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Just installed Exim - how to I get local/system mail? Yesterday I decided to replace Sendmail with Exim. I used apt-get to download and install it, and soon got it up and working. The *only* thing which appears not to work is the mail I used to get from, for example, cron when a cron job in /etc/crontab executed overnight. When I used sendmail, I used to get a message telling me what had happened. Now I get nothing. In /etc/exim.conf I have set 'local_domains = localhost'. I have set gmx.net *not* to be a local domain, because it is not unique and many share it. My hostname is scgf. Should I set scgf.gmx.net (the fully qualified domain of my machine) as a local domain? That will be unique to me. Many thanks. Sorry if I have not given enough info. You can probably tell more from my headers than I can give! -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux (Potato)
RE: Fetchmail problems
Hello, I have a fairly fresh slink system, and I get the same fetchmail error msgs. --David -Original Message- From: XRDLAB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 22, 1999 5:19 AM To: Debian Users Subject: Fetchmail problems Hi, I upgraded my hamm system to slink. Everything went well. The old configurations generated by ppconfig run equally well under the new system also. But I am having some trouble with regard to getting the mail from my isp. This has happened after upgrading to slink. When I do a fetchmail, I get the following error message: mysxrd-in-haralu:~$ fetchmail 1 message for mysxrd at giasbg01.vsnl.net.in (1241 octets). reading message 1 of 1 (1241 octets) fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]' fetchmail: can't even send to mysxrd! fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from giasbg01.vsnl.net.in fetchmail: Query status=10 With this I am not able to download the messages from the isp to my machine. Can anyone suggest some remedy for this? TIA, sridhar Sridhar M. A. Department of Physics University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006, INDIA
loading module for NE2000 Ethernet card
Hello, I have a box running slink and am trying to install an NE2000 ethercard. When I do: # insmod /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o I get: /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_open /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ethdev_init /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_debug /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_interrupt /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol NS8390_init /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_close Needless to say, the installation fails and when I do: # ifconfig eth0 I'm told that the device is not recognized. I must be missing something...anyone have a clue? Thanks, --David P.S. I was, however, able to get the plip driver to start up properly.
Tadpole Sparcbook 3GX Laptop
I have the opportunity to purchase a Sparcbook 3GX for $800. I've attatched the specs. Has anyone used this machine? Is this a good price? (Seems like it to me.) How suitable would this machine be for running Debian? As an aside, what about performance while running Solaris? Am considering setting it up as a dual-boot. All comments welcome. Thanks, --David Modified: Fri 5/14/99 2:16 AM Specifications: 134 MIPS 110 MHz Microsparc II Processor 32 MB RAM (expandable to 256 MB) Removable 2.5 1.2 GB SCSI-2 Hard Drive 10.4 TFT LCD screen 2 MB Video Ram Solaris 2.51 Operating System PCMCIA interface; two Type I/II or one Type III; Hot swap Also Included: AC Power Supply NiMH Battery 28.8 KBPS Type II PC Card Modem 170 MB Type III ATA PC Card Trackball 3-1/2 SCSI Floppy Drive Carrying Case Internal Modem I/O Ports: Ethernet AUI 26-pin SCSI 50-pin SCSI-2 ISDN RJ45 connector RS232 (x2) 8-pin mini-DIN Audio 3 jacks External video 15 pin (VGA style) Parallel Port 26-pin Keybd/Mouse 8-pin mini-DIN NOT INCLUDED: Transceiver (to convert from 26 pin mini-D Ethernet connector to RJ45 connector), Documentation/User manuals, or Operating System/Media CDs
strange sendmail error msgs
Hello, On my hamm system, I've been getting strange error msgs since installing exim. Strange, because they are sendmail msgs: /usr/sbin/sendmail: error in loading shared libraries libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I did dpkg -s sendmail, and found that it is purged, however, a file called sendmail does, in fact, exist in /usr/sbin. I did dpkg -s libpcre1 and this library appears to be installed and okay. I have been running this box w/o mail for a number of months, however, it did, for a brief time, have sendmail running on it. I thought I'd purged it (dpkg -s sendmail agrees). So, if sendmail is purged (according to dpkg), why does /usr/sbin/sendmail exist, and why is it sending me this msg? TIA, --David
strange sendmail error msgs
Hello, On my hamm system, I've been getting strange error msgs since installing exim. Strange, because they are sendmail msgs: /usr/sbin/sendmail: error in loading shared libraries libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I did dpkg -s sendmail, and found that it is purged, however, a file called sendmail does, in fact, exist in /usr/sbin. I did dpkg -s libpcre1 and this library appears to be installed and okay. I have been running this box w/o mail for a number of months, however, it did, for a brief time, have sendmail running on it. I thought I'd purged it (dpkg -s sendmail agrees). So, if sendmail is purged (according to dpkg), why does /usr/sbin/sendmail exist, and why is it sending me this msg? TIA, --David
libpcre.so.1 and libpcre.so.1.01 (was strange sendmail error msgs)
Hello, I've been running a hamm system for a few months and recently installed exim and libpcre1 (upon which exim depends). Since then, I've been getting console msgs: /usr/sbin/sendmail: error in shared libraries libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I'm guessing that the msgs were actually coming from exim and not sendmail (although I haven't yet confirmed this hypothesis). The real problem here seems to be libpcre.so.1, which I assumed was part of the libcpcre1 package. So I did 'dpkg -L libpcre1' and got: /. /usr /usr/lib /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1.01 What is the difference between libpcre.so.1 and libpcre.so.1.01? Have I installed an incompatible version of libpcre1? TIA, --David
serial terminal hangs at login prompt
Hello, I've tried connecting two different terminals to the serial port on my hamm box. One was an old pc with terminal emulator software, the other is a genuine Digital VT100. Both hang at the login prompt. I ran 'getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100' most recently for the VT100. I got the login prompt, but when I typed my username, there was no response on the screen. I have also setup /etc/inittab to run getty and do get the login prompt on the VT100 when the hamm box boots. When I did 'man getty' I got the man page for 'agetty'. It indicated that the '-L' switch should be used if the terminal hangs at the login prompt. I did 'find / -name agetty*' and no files were found. I looked up both getty and agetty in 'Linux in a Nutshell' and found that '-L' only works for agetty and not getty. I searched /stable/main/packages for 'agetty' and couldn't find it. Q1: Where can I find 'agetty'? Q2: Is it possible my manpage and executable are mis-matched? Q3: Is there something that I'm overlooking in trying to connect a serial terminal? Thanks, --David
RE: Linux Tips Tricks
I don't think people will think it inappropriate for you to publish their suggestions organized in this way (this is not dissimilar to FAQs or the FAQ-O-Matic) but I do think it is inappropriate for you to not credit the individuals who wrote the tip as well as copyrighting them in your name. that's true. sorry it was my mistake. i agree with you. I think that if you gave credit to the actual authors of the tips and removed the (c) patoche.org from the LTT pages which are not entirely your content I think it would be a very good resource for a lot of people. ok so from the next batch on, it will be like that. i removed all copyright mentions and I now will add authors' name and email by default. I just hope noone will use the site to collect all emails and then spam people. Perhaps if you see a tip you'd like to add, perhaps you could ask the person if he/she would like to: (a)have his/her tip included in your database (very likely, but it would be simply courteous to ask first) (b)have his/her name and/or email listed with the tip Only problem : because i haven't kept the old emails, i can't add the old authors, that is the ones of tips already present. if anyone recognizes one of his previous email, please warn me i will add their name. If the tip came from this mailing list, you could find the person's name and email address in the list archives. Just my $0.02. --David P.S. I think it's a great idea. I've got you bookmarked too.
in which directory does lynx.cfg belong?
Hello, I'm attempting to get lynx to access the web via a proxy server on the lan. As I was reading the lynx documentation, I came across a sample lynx.cfg file. The sample file indicates that its default location should be /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg, but since I installed from the .deb file in hamm, I was wondering if the debianized version of lynx looks there, or in another location. Does it go in /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg, or another location? TIA, --David
RE: Moving Files from Windows
On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 08:42:55AM -0500, Costa, Michael J. wrote: I have just installed LINUX on another machine in my office. The powers that be are reluctant at this moment to let me put in on the network. I have loaded some items down to my NT machine and now need to ship them to my LINUX box. However they are too big to fit on a floppy. Anyone got any ideas of a utility I can use to compress on NT and uncompress on LINUX? Here's another option: Some ftp sites are set up to allow you to specify, with a command line option, that you want to dowload the file(s) compressed in .gz format. If you can find an ftp site that offers that option, you could: 1) Download files in .gz format to NT 2) Copy to floppy (or zip or whatever) 3) Mount floppy with .gz files on linux machine 4) Run gunzip on the files in linux I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a debian mirror like that, but can't remember where. Anyone else know of one? --David
Null Modem SLIP Connection
Hello, What is the practical limit for distance between two computers connected via null-modem slip? How about plip? TIA --David
